Chicago Businesses, Customers Scammed by Fake DoorDash Accounts
Brown Sugar Bakery on Chicago's South Side says it received around 50 DoorDash orders around Thanksgiving. The bakery staff initially thought it was a glitch, because it dosen't operate a storefront on the food delivery platform.
"After the third one, I went and asked the man to see his phone and when I looked at his phone, and I pressed call Brown Sugar Bakery, it went to an out of state number," said Liz Toussaint, chief of staff at the bakery. The bakery employees soon found out someone impersonated their business on the app and created a fraudulent account to scam their customers. The scammers managed to get away with a total of $450.Sign up for NBC Chicago newsletters.Just days ago, NBC 5 reported on another business dealing with fake orders. Smoque BBQ, located in Old Irving Park, warned its customers not to place any orders through the app while it tries to sort things out.
"..Trying to figure out why this keeps happening and what can be done about it... [it] is concerning you got customers as far as they can tell placing legitimated orders," the owner stated.
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